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>Also recent studies have shown that the rate of mutation in a country is inversely correlated with vaccine coverage for Covid. [3] This is nothing. A single a
by carthusian 5y ago
>Also recent studies have shown that the rate of mutation in a country is inversely correlated with vaccine coverage for Covid. [3]
This is nothing. A single arbitrary estimator, applied to a few dozen countries (no explanation why they were chosen), shows a statistically insignificant correlation without controlling for any of the thousands of confounding variables.
Normally I would bring up the look-elsewhere effect here too, but it seems hardly dignified to discuss this tweet/paper at that level.
The authors' affiliation is a 5-employee startup addressed at an office-sharing facility.